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Monday, September 12, 2005
So Friday, I hired The Civil Tones to play my party at work – they were great... but it was funny, Patty came up to me and said, Liana, I know you, I just don’t know how I know you. I explained that I was formerly married to a guy she knows (the wife part kind of narrowed it down a bit for her, as the ex has shagged about every chic with Lane Bryant credit card and a pulse within 100 mile radius) and she remembered. Anyway, we caught up a little, she filled me in on the general who’s with who gossip of the St. Louis band scene that I have missed for the past 2 years that I have been avoiding all bars and clubs, and I realized that I have been avoiding them for absolutely no reason. I was really sick of bands back in the day – but I think essentially I was just burned out on my ex’s craptastic, undynamic, clusterfuck music. Not every bar experience needs to end with unskilled groping by a drunk, who smells like smoke and ass.... maybe just some skilled groping by a boy who always tastes and smells good :-).
So Randall and I are off to Karaoke tonight – and we did go see the CTs a while ago at The Famous Bar.... just a few baby step in a bar recovery...
Current mood:  irritated
Friday, August 26, 2005
I don't know what I'm doing with site attachments - but cut and past this into your site and take a look at this story - It is "The Night Listener" by Armistead Maupin meets the Iraq war...
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/metroeast/story/3109F1F7B6512D6A862570690017E0E4?OpenDocument
what level of crazy do you have to be to impersonate a kid?
BTW - watched Glenn Gary Glenn Ross last night for the first time after a LONG time. Poor Gil, I mean Jack Lemon. Who, BTW was a great actor - but that movie makes me want to say fuck in the workplace more often.
Current mood:  hyper Current music: Oompa Loopa songs
Friday, August 19, 2005
This is so dead-on...
What is the "type" of your ideal mate....
INFJ - the counselorYour Type is 40% Extroverted, 0% Observant, 37% Logical and 56% Structured
Your type is best summed up by the word "counselor", which belongs to the larger group of idealists. Only 2% of the population share your type. You are so empathic that you often know what others need before they know themselves. You are a complex person who can deal with complicated issues and people, almost prefer to, as you love problem solving. You can be something of an idealist or perfectionist, and should try to take yourself a little less seriously.You are a supportive and insightful romantic partner, encouraging your mate to have dreams and work hard to make those dreams come true. Because you are so creative, you have a wealth of ideas to help them toward those goals. You need harmony so much that you are driven to resolve conflict quickly, as long as the terms don't violate your ethics. You feel the most appreciated when your partner admires your creativity, trusts your inspirations, and respects your values. It is also vitally important that your partner be open and emotionally available - in other words, that they be willing to share themselves completely.Your group summary: idealists (NF) Your type summary: INFJ vincex's shorter version of this test. My longer version of this same test. The real deal.
Current mood:  high Current music: Tom Petty
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
James Taylor's cover of "Handyman" is the worst pile of crap ever. Way to castrate a perfectly good song you hole.
Charlie and The Chocolate factory rocked my world. The songs alone are worth the price of admission... and watching those kids get picked off one by one is delicious.
I am going to be one big, white, fluffy bride...
Tussy mussy is my new favorite word/thing
Scott rocks, and his hair is looking particularly awesome these days.
Randall is, as always, extremely cool, and I am on my way to buy him the best ring in the world.
Weight Watchers is cool.... I wish I could figure out good day to go though...
thats it - just stuff..
Tuesday, August 2, 2005
cars running - check
prettiest wedding dress ever purchased - check (thanks Mom - even when you're almost 30 it's nice to have your mom buy you frilly things)
going to sing showtunes tonight with the bestest friends ever - check
best friend and boyfriend all rolled into one dreamy package - check and check.
head's up, we are cleared for take-off!
Current mood: determined Current music: the non-stop babbling of my co-worker.
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Greetings friends, I have been neck deep in some seriously bad car business that has sucked up any enjoyment from the month of July.... Literally, my car went out July 1st, and it hasn't worked more than 5 days since - largely in part to a specific group of repair men at the Suntrup place in front of my house fucking up everything they touched. Anyway, I have spent the entire past month crammed up into a great big ball of anger and frustration that has touched on everything in life.. and it has monumentally sucked.
I have been a drag to be around, depressed (that special kind of depressed that comes uniquely from borrowing money and cars from in-laws), and not appreciative of all that I have. Anyway, I hereby announce that the shit of July is officially over in my heart and mind, and even when (if?) the car explodes again next week, I'll just smile and let it slide off my back - cause I can't take one more day of anger. I want to be happy again - and am reclaiming my life.
Points to help this are:
a triumphant return to Weight Watchers tonight (excited to find out how fat I am!!!)
cooler weather
possible visit to The Muny this week
Randall getting ready to buy a new car (having an alternative to Luna is always good)
relocating and getting excited about the wedding.. I am a girl who needs to buy a dress or something, otherwise I'm gonna end up wearing sweats to this thing... or maybe my moon and star PJ bottoms that Randall hates with all his heart (ehehe).
anyway, yeah life!
Liana
Current mood: optimistic Current music: Tribute to Dolly Parton
Monday, July 18, 2005
Okay, so Nunsense is officially closed for business... have no fear though – should you ever feel the need to see it – it will be in production any given month of any given year in any given place till the end of time..... folks just like to see nuns roll around on the floor. I want to jump right into another show!! acting! more more more!!! but alas - it will be at least 6 months till I see more action...
Anyway – this was an awesome closing weekend – Friday, Randall and I joined his band/choirmates for cocktails on a back patio and pulled an all nighter of talking and such, Saturday, post-show pasta with Randall, and Sunday a fine cast party filled with naughty food and much consumption of white wine. It was fun.... I can see why the director wanted us all to come, he is much less of a control freak while relaxed, and he made us all little music videos at the end of our copies of the show.... made a bunch of folks cry – I drank. Anyway he told this story about being a kid in nowhere Missouri, he apparently comes from a family of thieves and drunks – 9 kids... anyway, he and the two youngest siblings used to sleep on the floor of the living room till his parents got home – then they would move their pillows outside and sleep out there till the folks past out so they wouldn’t get beat, etc.. anyway... one night he’s about 10 and wakes up to find thousands of Banquet Pot Pies surrounding him in the living room and kitchen... stacked to the ceiling. His brothers had stolen a Banquet delivery truck, and to get rid of the evidence they hid pot pies everywhere they could think of. For months afterwards, his Mom would say “it’s time for dinner” and he would have to go to one of his neighbor’s houses and pick up the potpies they were stashing for the family. I don’t know – best story I’ve heard in a while – there is a movie in that somewhere.
Anyway – Thanks to Stephie and Scott for coming out to see the show – you guys are the best!
Current mood:  tired Current music: hoodoo gurus - bluecave
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Greetings friends - so it now comes time to plan your social calendars for July - Well, this sounds like fun - and I hear the chick playing Mother Superior is breathtakingly talented.. (that's me):
Alpha Players Presents
Nunsense
Florissant Civic Center Theatre
#1 James Eagan Dr. (e-mail me for easiest directions)
July 8, 9, 15 , 16 @8:00 p.m. or 10, 17 @ 2:00 p.m.
$16 pp / 14 for Students and Seniors call 314-921-5678 for reservations
The humor is at times on the dated side, so bring your folks, or anyone who would appreciate Catholic humor circa 1975.
On a personal note, I have been spending the last few weeks wallowing in the ins and outs of monitary mayham. I think it comes down to filing for the ol' bankrupsy - which sucks, but I don't know how else to go about it. I have been living on PT wages for the past 4 years - and just as I get hired on FT with real income, all of the damage of the past 4 years is coming back to haunt me. Does anyone have any personal experience with this type of thing? Feel free to e-mail me personally lsommerhauser@repstl.org with your experiences or the name of a good lawyer. Everything else has been so good - it's hard to complain - money schmoney - it will work itself out.
Current mood:  chipper Current music: PM Dawn Dear Christian, I am so sorry I brought you here.
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
So who around here has been to New Orleans? I've never been, but Randall and I are *thinking* about heading down there after we're hitched.. What is there for a vegetarian to do? Stage a mass crawfish release? Stalk Ann Rice? all thoughts welcome... We might also have a stop in Memphis (which may require a visit to Sun Studios on my insistance)..
Current mood: bouncy Current music: New Amy Mann
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
So yesterday, I get red roses from Randall for no reason (just an “I love you”) and they are friggin gorgeous.. I am having a hard time working, I just want to sniff them all day long. They are at that moment – that perfect peak of scent and opening, color and curl.. Roses, are a lot like the pleasure of a woman. I hope women’s lives aren’t like that – a gorgeous peak and then it’s time to throw out the murky water. I don’t know... I do know that women are not at their peak early though.. We may all long for the days of firmer boobs and smoothest skin to put eyeshadow on – but I think women are at their most beautiful later.. I’m babbling.
Great weekend – Hitchhikers Guide was better than I thought it would be, but had way too much sappy relationship stuff. Actually, if the cast was ANY different, it might have sucked, but each of them were so engaging (I <3 Sam Rockwell – can I be as good an actor as him please?) anyway, mix in a lot of quality Mom and Mom-in-Law time, and it was a groovy weekend.
Yesterday, Randall and I found out we were 85% compatible – but since I filled out a couple of the questions wrong (take your time and read the questions next time!) I think our actual grade would be higher. Unfortunately one of the questions I flubbed made it look like “I am not comfortable being naked in front of my partner”. Since I had remembered the question, and thought I had said the opposite – I started babbling something like “ That’s not right – I love being naked, nudity rules blah blah blah.. “ in front of the priest. Luckily we moved on before I started taking off my clothes to prove it.
Current mood:  bored Current music: Burrito by Pete Yorn
Friday, May 6, 2005
Things I love today
Randall
cats
Scott
Moms
Weight Watchers (16lbs gone – chipping away – chipa chipa chipa...)
things I loath, despise, abominate and abhor today:
work
the people I work with
whoever stole my diet coke
People who blow other people up (way to ruin lives and make a stupid loss of a diet coke seem selfish and trivial)
progressive insurance
The State of Missouri and the DMV (nothin’ worse than state employees who knows their jobs are getting farmed out asap – thanks Matt Blunt, you skankhole.)
the shemale who hit my smeggin’ car 2 years ago
ex-wives
Female friends who would rather hang out with their “mommy” friends – it’s just as bad as band girlfriends who would hang out till their real friends showed up at the gig or party, except that it leaves you hanging out with their toddlers rather than the bartender/pet.
COCA (Center of Cunt Administrators is my new name for them)
Myself – for not keeping track of my SS card or birth certificate – getting new copies is gunna Su-UCK
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
So Randall and I have officially begun our marriage prep meetings with Fr. Jack. Last night we took a compatability test by scantron.. 156 questions, plus an extra 10 as divorcees on how we would deal with things, any hestitations, etc... money, kids, goals, sex, arguments, etc... Now personally, I think we are exceptionally compatable, but it's interesting to invite someone into personal aspects of your life, etc.. and say - so whattya think?
The wedding date is set, we have some fundage (thanks Moms!) for our reception stuff (which, if the weather holds out is going to be really awesome). My Mom is even taking me out for a dress hunt in May. All very girly and exciting. I was super surprized that my Mom was into this, when you consider that she's been married 6 times herself, plus, between my 3 sisters and I, has been the Mother of the Bride 6 times too. But I've noticed even the most love hating, anti-mushy people in the world, love to help plan weddings. It's love, food, fashion, music, tradition and faith all roled into one day - how can you not love it?!?!
Current mood: amused Current music: Nunsense for the 300th time
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Greetings... So I've had a groovy few days... inhaled lots of fumes while stripping this old yellow chest I've had for several years now. I was thrilled to find a gorgeous multi colored deco design stained under it. I can't wait till it's done - it will be my pride and joy of furniture... volunteered for Venus Envy - it was awesome - the quality of art seems to grow each year, and makes for a very diverse exhibition - plus got to see lots of folks, receive tons of hugs and hellos - that rocked. I actually got to sit next to Randall in church too .... I know that doesn't seem like much, but honest - it is a totally sweet thing, that for one reason or another never seems to happen, so I am a smiley girl.
Also - yesterday, on a lark, I auditioned for Nunsense at a community theatre nearby and was cast as Mother Superior. I am very excited about it! The show is hoaky, and it's not exactly high theatre, but the director seems to have his shit together and knows what he wants, plus the 4 other women cast seem good to work with. Two really good singers, one excellent character actress (she's played Sister Amnesia with 4 other companies), and one strong dancer - who confessed to never have taken a dance class in her life - which really surprised me, cause she was good. Anyway, I get to sing, I get to dance (to the best of my feeble ability) and be on stage - that's pretty cool in my book.
Current mood:  drained Current music: what else - the Nunsense album
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
okay - so I guess this journal is finally gonna live up to it's name in some sort of way as I am back to Weight Watchers with a new committment only fat photos and Lent can bring. My second "weigh-in" is tomorrow but I will spare my local friends the embarrassing statistics... Once upon a time, Randall and I were trying to figure out a name chart to replace actual weight stats...
i.e
"Fat Barrell of Monkey Spunk" is larger than "Fatty Fatty boom balaty" is bigger than "Lard Ass" - which is bigger than "Great Big Fat Person" (these are all movie quotes - so we're not being self depricating - we're just pop culture junkies!)
ANYWAY - HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE! I hope everyone found a special way to celebrate. I sort of got to attend two Easter Vigils - which are awesome and inspiring..
plus Easter is my 1 year Catholic anniversary... I think I am going to celebrate by writing one of the priests at my church and encouraging him not to be a paranoid homaphobe.... might not change anything, but it's worth a tactful try.
Current mood: chipper Current music: a cd I found at C-Trads
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
so I have gone from washed out red to bitch black in the hair department. Friend Scott say's I have reverted back to my gothier youth since moving back to the hood of my youth. whatever. Can I move to New York? or at least visit? I am a girl in need of a little fun, and with the upcoming Hollywood stars meet (mostly)Revival season: Spamalot (Tim Curry, Hank Azaria) Glass Menagerie (Jessica Lange) WAof Virginia Woolf? (Kathleen Turner), Glen Gary Glenn Ross(Lieve Schriber, Alan Alda), Julius Cesar (Denzel Washington), Steel Magnolias (Delta Burke, Marsha Mason), On Golden Pond (James Earl Jones). That's some crazy sexy theatre right there my friends... Two things that might seriously suck - the Beach Boys musical and Christina Applegate in Sweet Charity - don't know why, but that chic grates on my last nerve.
Meanwhile - i am broke - like seriously broke. We've all been there, so friends, please share with the LJ audience a story about your leanest financial times or a story of what depths you've sunk to to make some benjamins.
Liana
Current mood:  mischievous Current music: No. 11 - over and over again
Monday, February 28, 2005
Yoinked from geekyglamgirl .... which of who's list I have only done one thing (a couple of times I might add...)
Anyway - here's 10 things I have done, but maybe you have not....
1. Worked in a sex toy shop
2. got yelled at by Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde) – it was not my fault
3. have seen Midnight Oil in concert 6 times
4. Made a famous chef (Sarah Moulton) stand on a box
5. Simulated sexual movements while eating spaghetti from another actresses mouth (who was pregnant at the time) in a play.
6. Helped literally destroy (bye bye walls) an apartment (actually, there are several people on LJ that were there and can attest – but it sounds so “rock-n-roll”, I gotta add it.)
7. Hiked with a little person
8. Been arrested
9. Been on the cover of The Washington Post
10. Done a voice over for a vending machine instructional video
An interesting list....going to WM's to watch "24" now...
Current mood: chipper
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
There is "Till Tuesday" I guess, but that's a band, not a song .... oh well, I will humm Voices Carry in tribute...
Recent recap of Liana's life - unpacking, hauling, doing laundry, etc.. in the world of post-fire moving.
Watching two weekends worth of episodes of "24". Randall and I are 4 episodes shy of finishing season 3. Randall keeps grabing the cats and yell/asks them "who are you working for?". It makes the cats run and me laugh. I heart Chloe.
Went to Draga's 55 birthday party on Friday. It was good to catch up with a few folks. Kristen and I wonder if he Lysols the "model couch" after each session, or if there are years of nude model rubbings all over it - wasn't in the mood to get down and sniff, but I am guessing the latter.
Sunday, went to a youth retreat mass that Randall played at - it was cool. I gotta tell you, I was NEVER as happy in 8th grade as these kids seemed - it was nice to see some folks actually enjoying their youth. Then we went to a friends house to play cards.
Anyway - work sucks - I want to go home and hibernate with my kitties and boy.
Still have not managed to come close to getting back on the Weight Watchers band wagon - but would really like to...... bah.....
Current mood: bitchy
Tuesday, February 8, 2005
2:55PM
Big moving day was Saturday - in short: Stephie rules, Scott rules, Mike rules, Mom rules, sisters rule, stepdad rules, and in-laws rule! Sheri also rules for keeping a bunch of my stuff in her living room for a month. I want to win the lottery so I can buy these beautiful people many many things they deserve - I love them! Randall also rules, for although being sick, paying for the moving truck, etc.. The new place is cool (James Bond sunken living room), but it is going to take a little getting used to. I haven't lived in a "county apartment community" since highschool. Now that I realize that I am 25 minutes from everywhere, it's not such a big deal. The only person to give me too much grief was Draga, and he can eat it. My place burned down, I did the best I could to meet all needs in a short amount of time, and I am happy to finally have a place that's Randall's and mine - not just one or the other. It's all good.
Current mood:  content Current music: Mystery CD that a guy left at the F&W show
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
seriously. Give me a recommendation so I can move into a new place already. I can't live in your building - it lacks walls, roof, gas and electric - plus smells like burning ass.
mucho gracias to everyone's kind words, etc.. I think a drunken evening is strictly in order for all concerned parties.
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
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